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emerald cut anhydrite from Iran

anhydrite

Identified by Werner in 1804, its name comes from the Greek “anhydros” which means without water, as opposed to gypsum, which contains it. A blue variety that comes from Peru is called Angelite. Another variety from Italy (Costa Volpino in Lombardy) is called vulpinite.

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yellow anglesite from Morocco emerald cut

anglesite

Its name comes from a locality in Wales (Great Britain): the island of Anglesey. Described in 1832 by French mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant as anglésine and then subsequently anglesite. There are varieties rich in silver or copper.

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oval cut andalusite of Brazil

andalusite

Identified by Delametherie in 1798, it was named after a Spanish province, Andalusia, where it was found, near Almeria. Chiastolite the variety, also known as “Stone Cross” is a variety of opaque white to gray andalusite, which comes in elongated prisms which, when cut perpendicular

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pearly ammonite from Madagascar

ammolite

Dating back 70 million years, the fossilized remains of ammonites have been known for a long time by Native Americans who used them as an amulet for hunting and for healing. It is recognized as a gem since 1981 and its atypical iridescent appearance promotes

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green alexandrite from Sri Lanka under natural light

alexandrite

It is the rariest chrysoberyl variety, named after the future Czar Alexander II because it was discovered in the Ural in 1830, on the day he came of age and because of its 2 colors : green and red were the colors of old Imperialist

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baguette cut adamite from Mexico

adamite

Described in 1886 by Charles Friedel who named it after the French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam who found this mineral. Its color depends on the metallic ions present : cuproadamite colored by copper is green, manganoadamite colored by manganese is pink-purple such as cobaltoadamite and

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